Comments on: Canada Needs A Liberal-NDP-Green Coalition

By: Ajustsociety

Ajustsociety — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:36:41 +0000

The Greens have a million votes. A coalition electoral strategy would be more fair and proportional if it reflected the percentage of vote each party achieved (ie: Greens with 7% of the vote merit 20 or 21 seats, not the much smaller numbers the tables above reflect). Also, a more limited strategy can be pursued, whereby only in say seventy or eighty seats the coalition would run 1 candidate, with the remaining two-hundred plus seats being a traditional four or five-way race, with full debates, all-candidates meetings etc.

The Greens have almost as many votes as the Bloc and should be part of an electoral strategy that gives them ten or twenty seats at least – to make the coalition effective, proportional, democratic.

By: Rubenerd Blog » My attempt at a Canadian Liberal NDP coalition post

Rubenerd Blog » My attempt at a Canadian Liberal NDP coalition post — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:02:28 +0000

[...] If I’ve understood what’s going on, I am willing to show my (hopelessly irrelevant!) support for this new coalition who are supported by all my Canadian friends and internet friends. Steven Harper and the Conservative party should not be allowed to do this in a democracy. ASIDE: I vote for the Aussie Greens and generally support Green parties and ideals… any chance the Canadian Greens can get into this party? [...]

By: Nick Burman

Nick Burman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:44:56 +0000

Once the Green Party has seats I can see a coalition but not for any long term and I certainly would not support the Greens in any kind of merger with the Liberals or NDP. The Green Party is no where near as far to the left as the media paints them.

In our constituency of Calgary Centre North the Consevarives, NDP and Liberals all got fewer votes in this past election than before. The Green Party got significantly more.